Powell's Adm'x v. Powell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of city of Alexandria, rendered September 30th., 1886, in the chancery cause of John Powell, complainant, against Jennie E. Powell, administratrix of Charles It. Powell, and in her own right. The decree being favorable to the complainant, the defendant obtained an appeal and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The facts out of which this controversy arises, are these: Charles B. Powell, a brakeman on the Virginia Midland railway, was killed in a collision on that road, on the 4th of November, 1884. He left a widow, who is the appellant here, and his father, the appellee, but no descendant surviving him. *416The widow qualified as his administratrix, and soon afterwards brought an action against the company under the statute (Code 1873, ch. 145, see. 7,) to recover damages for the killing of her intestate, laying the damages in the declaration at the sum of…
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